By Sheila J. Adams President Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Guest Columnist) Timothy Thomas, 19 years old, did not deserve[…]
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Testing the Right Way for Talent
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League High stakes standardized tests, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT, fail[…]
Read moreThe Police and Political Firestorm in New Jersey
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League Black Americans have long learned to live with their deeply complex relationship[…]
Read moreHRC Decries Religious Political Group’s Attacks On Evertz Selection To AIDS Post
On April 12th, The Human Rights Campaign decried a push by extreme right wing religious political organizations to pressure the[…]
Read moreHRC Questions Florida Lawmaker’s Judgment For Uncivil Civics Lesson
On April 12th, The Human Rights Campaign sent out an Action Alert urging people to contact Florida State Rep. Allen[…]
Read moreHRC Praises State Activists For Advancing Bills In Three States To End Discrimination
On March 29th, The Human Rights Campaign praised activists in Maryland, Delaware, and Illinois for advancing bills on Tuesday through[…]
Read moreReform Unjust Drug Laws
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League A generation ago, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller got a bright[…]
Read moreTime to Stop Police Racial Profiling
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League With a new, conservative administration in office, it's once again become fashionable[…]
Read moreThe New Census Data: Welcome To The Club
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League New figures from the U.S. Census show that what has long[…]
Read moreMfume Meets With Majority Leader Richard Armey
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), met on March 8th for[…]
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